Stitches of America: A Family Quilt at Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University Art Gallery 111 Chapel Street, New Haven

American history and family memory are woven together in this program examining a remarkable nineteenth-century quilt rooted in patriotic expression. The discussion traces the origins of a commemorative handkerchief depicting the Declaration of Independence, produced in 1821 for the American market, and its later transformation into the centerpiece of a quilt created by the Hudson ... Read more